Assume That a Cross Is Made Between AaBb and Aabb

question 17

Multiple Choice

Assume that a cross is made between AaBb and aabb plants and that the offspring occur in the following numbers: 106 AaBb,48 Aabb,52 aaBb,94 aabb.These results are consistent with the following circumstance:

• A) sex-linked inheritance with 30% crossing over.
• B) linkage with 50% crossing over.
• C) linkage with approximately 33 map units between the two gene loci.
• D) independent assortment.
• E) 100% recombination.

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